This is an analysis of the poem Sermons We See that begins with:
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ggaaaaXggbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111101 11011101110101 01010101110101 11000101100111 101010101011111 101010100110101 11110100111101 111110101111111 101010101010111 111011101010111 111100111010111 111100101111111 111010101110001 101010101011101 101011111011101 001111101111100 111001101010101 01011101011101 10110101011101 11010100110111 11010101010101 1110101010100101 111010110010011 11010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; than, you, and, to, i, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'd, i, when, one are repeated.
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- summary of Sermons We See;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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